An arbitration panel has awarded the union representing state Environmental Conservation Officers and Park and University Police a 6-percent retroactive raise over two years, along with benefits including a law-enforcement adjustment differential, $2,575 in anti-terror pay, and longevity bonuses. More...

New York City Transit President Lawrence Reuter put more than five months of acrimonious contract disputes aside June 22 to heap praise on 49 transit employees at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's fourth-annual Medals of Excellence ceremony. More...

Mayor Bloomberg June 21 took his complaints about the 40 percent reduction in the city's anti-terrorism funding from the Department of Homeland Security to Washington, D.C., telling a congressional committee that DHS's "bias ... penalizes us for our aggressiveness and diligence in protecting our cit More...